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Prescription charges in England should be scrapped, experts say

The Independent UK News · 22 October 2026 at 00:01

Prescription charges in England should be scrapped, experts say

The NPA said that prescription charges are a ‘cruel tax on illness’ as they called on the Chancellor to scrap the charges in the upcoming Budget

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